CNN

Starbucks workers are still without a labor deal four years after their first union win. Here’s why

August Code works at the first ever Starbucks location to unionize in 2021. But four years after that vote, she and her co-workers in Buffalo, New York, are still waiting on their union contract. “I ...

Are you a contract worker? What new labour codes mean for your wage safety, overtime & other benefits - explained

At its core, the law defines a contract labour as someone who is hired through a contractor to work in connection with the ...
CNN

‘I don’t know how I’m going to feed my kids’: Shutdown hits federal contractors hard

Audrey Murray is losing sleep over the government shutdown that could soon derail her paychecks. Murray, 65, has worked as a cleaner at the Smithsonian Museum of American History for nearly three ...
Opinion

Opinion: The Faster Labor Contracts Act disempowers workers

The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) would deprive workers of the ability to negotiate their terms and conditions of employment, replacing it with government-mandated arbitrators, and is a bad idea ...
Marketplace

Government shutdown could hit contract workers especially hard

As the government shutdown wears on, federal workers are now starting to miss paychecks. A 2019 law entitles furloughed workers to backpay, but President Donald Trump’s administration is claiming that ...